Page 51 of The Secret's Out

Leaning forward, resting my elbows on my knees, my head went into my hands.

Shit. Panic started to settle deep.

More people didn’t want me.

Just like my fucked-up father and mother.

Where was I gonna go?

How could I face Pick at the compound knowing he got what I’d dreamed of and wasn’t willin’ to share...or was it Josie not willin’?

Fucked if I knew.

No one was telling me crap.

“Billy, brother,” Pick called, the couch depressed where he sat next to me.

“How long do I have before I have to leave?” I growled.

“What? No, fuck no. It’s not like that, man. It would never be like that. Christ, you think I could take away your life from you, your home? Never, brother.”

Sittin’ up, I turned to him. “Then what in the fuck was all that about?”

Pick chuckled. “She’s nervous, but you’ll see soon enough. By the way, she liked seeing you topless when she walked in.”

My head flinched back in shock. “What?”

“Our girl is finding her minx side.”

“What do you mean?”

“Let’s just say, it’s lucky she has two men to keep her happy.”

“I don’t—”

“Shut it, she’s comin’.”

I sat back in the couch and waited for some fuckin’ answers that apparently Josie was bringin’ herself. Pick got up and moved to the chair at the end of the couch. The whole situation was confusing as hell and I wanted to know what was goin’ down. But what I didn’t expect was seein’ Josie walk around the couch wearin’ different clothes from before. Earlier, she walked in wearing jeans and a tee. Now she was wearing a knee-length sexy skirt and a cami-top. Her hair was tied up in a ponytail.

“Hi, Eli,” she said with a small, shy smile.

“Babe, come here and tell me what’s going on.” I held out my arm and straight away she moved to sit across my lap. Her feet up on the couch while her side was leaning into me. Already my chest eased. It was a good sign. She wasn’t getting rid of me after all. Then what was goin’ down?

One arm went around her waist at her back and the other I rested on her leg closest to me.

“So, you gonna tell me?” I asked.

Her cheeks tinged a dark red and fuck it was cute. Holy motherfuckin’ Christ. Was what she wanted something sexual?

Jesus. Was that what Caden meant when he’d said she was comin’ into her minx side?

There was no chance I was gonna control my dick now. Not when I had such sweet pussy sitting on my lap.

She squirmed on my lap, tellin’ me she could feel my dick harden and I reckon she liked it a lot.

“What you need, sweetheart?”

“I, um....”

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